Enable searching in common compressed formats.
Section: Preprocessors and compressed files
Search compressed files
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rg -z 'Exception' logs/Explanation
`-z` lets ripgrep inspect gzip, xz, bzip2, lz4, brotli, and similar compressed inputs when supported.
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Use a preprocessor for unsupported formats
Transform file content before ripgrep searches it.
Apply preprocessing only to certain files
Limit preprocessors to matching paths.
Preview a simple replacement
Show what matched lines would look like after substitution.